Accounts Payable Officer

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is Australia's independent expert regulator for health and safety, structural integrity, well integrity and environmental management for all offshore energy operations and greenhouse gas storage activities in Commonwealth waters, and in coastal waters where regulatory powers and functions have been conferred.

NOPSEMA also administers the functions of the Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR), for the offshore renewables industry. This includes the regulation of work health and safety, infrastructure integrity, and environmental management for offshore renewable energy infrastructure activities.

Working with NOPSEMA provides an opportunity to make a real difference to people working in Australia's offshore energy industry.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Payable (AP) Officer with a solid foundation in accounting principles and a passion for excellence. This role is integral to ensure the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of financial operations within our dynamic Finance and Procurement Team located in our Perth office.

Role:

The Accounts Payable Officer will manage the end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, including invoice processing, reconciliations, travel and expense claims, and timely payment runs, while ensuring accuracy and compliance across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Assistant Director - Finance and Procurement, you will be responsible for:

• processing accounts payable invoices, reconcile supplier statements, employee travel reimbursement and expense claims, ensuring accuracy and completeness and preparing supplier payment runs.

• maintaining the accounts payable database, including updating supplier banking information and creating new suppliers.

• liaising with key decision makers across the Agency to ensure invoices have appropriate approval.

• performing purchasing, travel and virtual credit card and CabCharge processing and related accounting and reconciliation transactions.

• contributing to the month end process, including but not limited to, accrued expenses, GRNI reconciliation, AP age analysis and BAS returns.

• ensuring all capex transactions are correctly coded, and the fixed asset register is updated.

• performing an analysis of open POs and follow up with business areas as necessary and ensuring all invoices have been received and processed in a timely manner.

About you:

You are known for your strong attention to detail and ability to organise and prioritise a workload with minimum supervision.

You are a good communicator confident in engaging with stakeholders drawing on your account reconciliation skills to problem solve and working with them to streamline AP processes.

Experience with Microsoft Office and proficient with Microsoft Excel, electronic document records management and accounting systems would support your success in this role.

You must be able to demonstrate:

1. Experience in accounts payable, purchase order requisitions, reconciling supplier statements.

2. Understanding of processing staff travel reimbursements and expense claims, and credit card processing and reconciliations.

3. Experience in assisting with accounting tasks, including journal entries, monthly reconciliations and providing financial support and assistance to a finance team.

Why work for NOPSEMA?

As a highly skilled, agile, and competent regulator, our people are our number one asset. NOPSEMA offers competitive remuneration packages, five weeks annual leave, 18 personal leave days per annum, 18 weeks paid parental leave, 15.4% superannuation contribution and flexible working arrangements.

Guided by our values of professionalism, ethics, independence, leadership and collegiality the decisions we make and the actions we take affect individuals, businesses, communities and the environment. Our people can make a difference. Grow your career in the offshore energy sector. Be a part of Australia's future and apply today.

NOPSEMA is committed to a fair, flexible, safe and rewarding workplace which allows for diversity amongst all its employees. Applicants who are First Nations people, come from a diverse cultural or linguistic background or have a disability are encouraged to apply.

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Please note that the closing date for this position is 12 September 2025.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date. Any applications received beyond the closing date will not be considered.

Please note this recruitment process will be valid for a period of 18 months and may be used to fill ongoing and non-ongoing positions within the Australian Public Service at this level or similar that arise over the 18-month period.